Senior Mechanical Design Engineer for Medical Devices

Albert A. LePage Jr.

Nashua, NH 603-***-**** **********@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/Albert-LePage Senior Design Engineer

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

● Medical Device Development ● 3D CAD; Solidworks and Inventor.

● Rapid Prototyping 3D printing

● Medical grade material ISO 10993

● Document control procedures

● Advanced Machining and Molding processes

● DFM/DFA in a Med Device environment.

● Tooling, Fixtures and Gage Design for secondary

operations, assembly, and inspection

PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY

NEUROLOGICA (Samsung) Danvers, MA Dec 2024 to June 2025 Contract Mechanical Engineer

● Mechanical design and documentation of CT scanner suitable for mobile and veterinarian environment. Optimize and reduce weight and cost of existing technology as well as test and assembly fixturing. INNOVASEA Boston, MA Jan 2023 to May 2024

Contract Mechanical Designer

● Mechanical design and documentation of Aquaculture systems used in an open ocean environment, including feed systems with camera monitoring, as well as vessel concepts. EO Vista LLC Acton, MA May 2021 to Aug 2022

Contract Mechanical Designer

● Refine and Optimize Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical and Opto-Mechanical enclosure design, balancing requirements in mechanisms for Space flight.

● Incremental improvements in design details of existing concepts to improve performance, reliability, manufacturability of finite design.

Precision Optics Corp Gardner, MA Dec 2019 to May 2021 Opto-Mechanical Designer

● Develop custom components for a micro-endoscopic device using RP, machining, and Injection molded part design techniques.

● Employed DFA/DFM techniques for fixture design of camera, fiber optics, adhesive to plastic components for alignment and cost reduction.

Hologic Inc Marlborough, MA May 2018 to June 2019

Senior Design Engineer

● Developed an adaptation to and modification of an existing transvaginal morcellator for increased effectiveness on calcified Tissue.

● Participated in brainstorming and execute various sustaining engineering tasks in support of existing fluid management and visualization systems

Medrobotics Raynham, MA July 2017 to Feb 2018

Mechanical Designer (Contractor)

● Quickly adapted an existing 3D Camera to the end of an articulating flexible instrument by modifying existing components to connect and interact with each other.

● Used a 3D human CAD model to evaluate a concept “flying camera” for an entire surgical robotic system being proposed.

DEKA Research & Development Merrimack, New Hampshire November 2016 to July2017 Senior Mechanical Designer

● Developed design change solutions to fluid restriction problems and cutting elastomeric seals.

● Created a Lens alignment fixture for UV cured adhesive camera- chip assembly.

● Patent awarded for novel insulin pump modification

● Generated new IP: US20240216220 and US11872186

Getinge (Atrium), Merrimack, New Hampshire Apr 2011 to Nov 2016 Senior Designer

● Designed, and developed a laparoscopic method of applying an Anti-Adhesion Film product in a 10 and 5mm version.

● Developed a method for transferring human anatomical contours to a Mesh patch product as well as orienting that contour to the profile shape and developing no-go hard gauging for those shapes and profiles.

● Generated new IP: US20130331868 A1 and US20140025093 A1 Microline Surgical, Beverly, Massachusetts July 2005 to April 2011 Design Engineer

● Developed second generation of re-posable 10mm Clip Applier in both large and medium large using an economical common platform approach.

● Simplified timing mechanism removed tolerance stack up. Also developed novel concept for articulating Dissector and assisted in the generation of new IP. US2012003561 Symmetry Medical Manchester, New Hampshire July 2003 to July 2005 Project Engineer

● Developed custom sterilization containers and cases for procedure specific surgical instruments.

● Generated new IP: EP0824364 B1 and US 5893618 A Item TissueLink Medical Inc. Dover, New Hampshire October 2001 to March 2002 Design Engineer Contract Designer

● Member of the advanced research and development team developing new electrodes and fluid channels for procedure specific instrumentation used for sealing tissue. Lighthouse Imaging Corporation Peterborough, New Hampshire April 2001 to September 2001 Engineering Manager

● Laser alignment fixture design and performed Manufacturing engineering function for small quantity production facility.

EDUCATION

● New England Institute of Technology, Providence, Rhode Island, Associate in Science Mechanical Drafting- Machine/Tool

SOFTWARE SKILLS

● Solidworks

● Agile

● Various Engineering Applications

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